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Grogie
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Ratoon

Postby Grogie » Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:19 pm

A small sprout growing out of the root of a plant.'' He dug up the plant and discovered that the plant,s root was covered with ratoons.''
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Re: Ratoon

Postby Slava » Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:30 pm

Apparently most used in sugar cane farming. It's a second crop from the roots of the first crop. From Spanish for "regrowing in fall". Anyone want to try to make it a play on words for a second childhood?
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